Holdback-anchor.



No 720,574. I PATENTED FEB. 17, 1903.

J. W. ELSTUN.

HOLDBAUK ANCHOR. 1

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21. 1902.

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J OHN W.'- ELSTUN, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

HOLDBACK-ANCHOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,574, dated February 17', 1903.

Application filed November 21, 1902. Serial No. 132,231. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. ELSTUN, a citi-.

construction being such that there will be no.

rattle of parts during operation and also such that if for any reason the horse should move out of the shafts -the holdback connection will immediately let go.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a general perspective view showing the position of my device in operation; Fig. 2, an under plan view of the right-hand anchor; Fig. 3, a perspective view showing the holdback-strap in operative position in dotted lines, and Fig. 4 a front elevation with the thill shown in cross-section. A

In the drawings, 10 indicates a body-plate adapted to be secured to the under side of a thill, said body-plate carrying on its outer edge near theforward side an upturned ear 11, which fits the outer side of the shaft, said ear being perforated to permit the passage of a screw or bolt therethrough into the thill. The plate 10 is also perforated at 10 to receive a holding bolt or screw. Secured to the under side of plate 10 or integral therewith, if desired, is an anchor-finger 12, which lies a short distance beneath the plate 10, diagonally across the plate, its tip projecting forward and inward, the outer edge of said finger lying substantially at right angles to the position'assumed by the holdback-strap 13 when said strap is extending normally from said fingerto the breeching-strap,15.

and secured to the under sides of the thills, with their fingers 12 projecting forward and inward, as described, and the cars 11 lying against and partially embracing the outer edges of the thills, said ears thus serving as an abutment against which the pull on the holdback-strap may be exerted. In hitching up the holdback-strap is very much shorter than has heretofore been customary and is anchor being rigidly secured in position and the holdback-strap having no metal parts in contact with the device, there will be no rattling of parts at any time. If for any reason the horse should start out of .the thills, he will carry with him the breechstrap and holdback-straps and will draw the holdbackstraps forward over the outer end of the fingers 12, the springs 14. yielding to allow withdrawal.

I claim as my invention 1. A holdback-anchor consisting of a bodyplate adapted to be secured toa vehicle-shaft, a forwardly and inwardly-inclined finger carried by and beneath said plate, and a spring secured to the plate and projecting beneath said plate so as to coact with the forward end of said finger, for the purpose set forth.

2. A holdback-anchor consisting of a'bodyplate adapted to be secured to a vehicle-shaft, an ear carried by said plate to engage the outer edge of the shaft, a forwardly and inwardly inclined finger carried by and beneath said plate, and a spring coacting with the forward end of said finger, for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 17th day of November, A. -D. 1902.

JOHN W. ELSTUN. [L. 8.]

Witnesses:

ARTHUR M. H001), JAMES A. WALSH. 

